Trace-carrier



.(M odeL) L. T. ANDERSON.

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NO. 294.95% Patented Mar. 11,1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

LOUIS T. 'ANDERSON, OF CARROLL, IOYVA.

TRACE-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,952, dated March 11, 1884.

A ppliention filed August 24, 1883. (Modem I I T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Louis T. ANDERSON, of Carroll, in the county of Carroll and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Trace-Carrier or Buckle, of which the follow ing is-a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved combination trace-carrier and buckle for harnesses.

The invention consists in a buckle-frame provided with a cross-piece having a pin or tongue, and with a hook having a projecting guard. The pin serves to hold the buckle to the hipstrap, the hook serves to hold the cockeye of the trace, and the guard serves to prevent the horses tail or the lines from catching in the hook.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation of my improved combined trace-carrier and buckle, showing how it holds the trace and how it is fastened. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same on the linear as, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my improved eombined trace-carrier and buckle.

A buckle-frame, A, is provided with downwardly-curvedsidebars unitedbyacross-plate, B, having an upwardly projecting pin or tongue, 0. At one end the buckle-frame is providedwithacurvedhook,D,theendoftheprong of which is bent upwardly toward the shank to form an eye, the diameter of which is greater than its opening D. From the outer end of the cuwed partof the hook at guardprong, E, proj eets. The cockeye F is secured to the trace Gin the usual manner, and the hip-strap H is passed through the frame A through the ring J, suspended from the back-strap K, and the end of the strap H is passed back through the buckle-frame and under the upper part of the strap, as shown in Fig. 2, the pin or tongue 0 passing through both parts of the strap H, as shown, whereby the frame A is held in the said strap without sewing. The guard E rests on the hip-strap H and prevents the horses tail or the lines from catching on the hook. The cockeye F is turned to be at right angles to the hook-prong, and its thinner inner part is passed through the opening in the hook, and then the cockeye is turned to be parallel with the hook, and so that its thicker outer part will be in the hook. Then the cockeye cannot be removed by jolts, &c., but can only be removed from the hook by turning it until its thinner part can be passed through the open-' hook and guard being arranged to extend in opposite directions, substantially as herein shown and described.

LOUIS T. ANDERSON. \Vitnesses:

R. E. COBURN, D. A. CUDWORTH. 

